Davey Tree Plants Over 5,750 Trees for Arbor Day 2016

Since 1880, Davey Tree has been preserving and caring for trees across North America. While the company shares this mission each and every day, there remains one day, in particular, the Davey team looks forward to – National Arbor Day on April 29.

On that day, Davey employees from coast to coast celebrate Arbor Day in their local communities. Nationwide, Davey highlights the benefits of trees and encourages homeowners to plant trees using their scientifically backed best practices.

“As those in the industry know, there are many reasons why trees benefit communities and homeowners,” said Sandra Reid, vice president, corporate communications and strategic planning for Davey Tree. “Trees provide stress reduction and other health benefits. Neighborhoods with trees see improved property values and environmental benefits such as improved storm water retention. Davey does a lot of community tree plantings and maintenance projects across North America all year long, and our dedication to community outreach is never easier to see than on Arbor Day.”

This year, Davey helped plant more than 5,750 trees, which is about four trees every minute on Arbor Day. Over the next 50 years, each one of those newly planted trees can generate $31,250 worth of air pollution control, recycle $37,500 worth of water and control $31,500 worth of soil erosion, according to the Arbor Day Foundation.

To promote the many benefits of trees nationally, Davey ran a #pics4trees campaign on social media. For every photo with the #pics4trees, Davey donated $1 to the Arbor Day Foundation to plant a tree. From Earth Day to Arbor Day, Davey received more than 100 photo submissions. The #pics4trees campaign reached about 20,000 on Facebook, and the hashtag received more than 800,000 impressions on Twitter. Due to the tremendous response, Davey decided to instead make a $1,000 donation to the Arbor Day Foundation.

Whether online or in-person, locally or nationwide, Davey employees did their part this past Arbor Day.

A list of some of Davey’s Arbor Day community outreach events is below. For more details and photos of the below events, please visit the Davey Blog.

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania: Davey’s King of Prussia R/C office helped care for a local park’s trees.

The Davey Tree Expert Company’s more than 8,600 employees provide tree care, grounds maintenance and environmental consulting services for the residential, utility, commercial and government markets throughout the U.S. and Canada. Davey has provided Proven Solutions for a Growing World since 1880 and has been employee-owned for 37 years. For more information, visit www.davey.com.